Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 23:10:09 -0500
From: Ingram-James1-Private
From: Ingram-James1-Private
Subject: SnrNet Council FYI: Macs Run Windows @ CT & NY Snet Chapters
TO: Williamport Pa SeniorNet Coucil SusquehannaSeniorNet.org
Subject: Macs Running Windows in other SeniorNet Centers
Working off information that Jane Kline gave me, I have gotten information from two SeniorNet chapters that are using Macintosh computers to run Windows.
1. Greenwich CT
I talked to Charles Stone on the phone.
Their SeniorNet lab has twelve 20" iMacs, set up using BootCamp & Parallels to be able to run Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7, plus the Mac operating system.
Their SeniorNet lab is located in the Greenwich Senior Center.
They find most of their demand is for the entry-type courses (like us), and they have observed that demand for classes seems to be getting somewhat less than several years ago (like us).
Charles sent me an outline for the Mac course they teach there. The stuff he sent me is enclosed below as E-N-C-L-O-S-U-R-E A.
Note Charles also has videos on YouTube, which you can find by searching for user "cstone3". I believe Charles is in his eighties. I think he told me that his father lived to be in the high nineties, so Charles is still "going strong".
2. Manhattan NY
I talked to both Adelle Cohen and Joan Kushinoff on the phone.
They have 12 computers, plus teaching a computer.
They use Mac Minis, with 20" monitors. Joan mentions you can re-use the keyboards and monitors from the previous computers when switching to Mac. They get their copy of Windows from via SeniorNet (maybe??).
They use a system named Faronics Insite, which allows them to switch the students' screens to shows what's on the teacher's screen (and back and forth).
Adelle sent me a separate email on this, which I will forward later.
They are located in the inside the Jewish Commuinity Center in Manhattan NY. The JCC supplies and maintains the computers, and also collects the course fees (I think she said).
SeniorNet teaches iPhoto using the Mac OS, and the JCC teaches a Photoshop class using the Mac OS. The rest of the time, the Macs are running Windows.
Some of their students are now buying Macs when they get a new computer, so they getting more demand for Mac classes.
Joan herself says she doesn't like Macs, even though her sister has one.
At 5:43 PM -0500 2/27/10, Joan Kushinoff wrote:
Jim - we are finding that more and more of our students are using MAC machines. and are trying to determine the kind of courses to offer.
We have offered a course for "students who know the PC and are now using a Mac" with some success
We are also thinking about offering some sort of basic course for the Mac, but are having a hard time determining the course content.
We use mac-mini which can run the MAC operating system as well as the PC operating system, so hardware is not the problem.
Hope this helps,
joan kushinoff
jcc seniornet
3. Their websites:
Greenwich: http://greenwichseniornet.community.officelive.com
Manhattan: at SeniorNetNY.org
Note they're using Microsoft Small Office Live for their website.
These are both great websites. There are probably some good ideas we could "borrow" from their websites.
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| Williamsport Pa, MacBook Pro/OS 10.6
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At 3:25 PM -0500 2/23/10, Charles Stone wrote:
Enjoyed our talk yesterday-- it sounds like we are all facing similar enrollment deficiencies--
This is our website:
http://www.greenwichseniornet.community.officelive.com/.
This is the most recent handout:
Class handout for the Mac beginner class--It is my practice to correct, add and change my handouts after almost every class per thoughts and questions that arise as I go along. This one needs a bit of re-sequencing re the first part...Much of it is only an outline of the subjects we cover...
TO: Williamport Pa SeniorNet Coucil SusquehannaSeniorNet.org
Subject: Macs Running Windows in other SeniorNet Centers
Working off information that Jane Kline gave me, I have gotten information from two SeniorNet chapters that are using Macintosh computers to run Windows.
1. Greenwich CT
I talked to Charles Stone on the phone.
Their SeniorNet lab has twelve 20" iMacs, set up using BootCamp & Parallels to be able to run Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7, plus the Mac operating system.
Their SeniorNet lab is located in the Greenwich Senior Center.
They find most of their demand is for the entry-type courses (like us), and they have observed that demand for classes seems to be getting somewhat less than several years ago (like us).
Charles sent me an outline for the Mac course they teach there. The stuff he sent me is enclosed below as E-N-C-L-O-S-U-R-E A.
Note Charles also has videos on YouTube, which you can find by searching for user "cstone3". I believe Charles is in his eighties. I think he told me that his father lived to be in the high nineties, so Charles is still "going strong".
2. Manhattan NY
I talked to both Adelle Cohen and Joan Kushinoff on the phone.
They have 12 computers, plus teaching a computer.
They use Mac Minis, with 20" monitors. Joan mentions you can re-use the keyboards and monitors from the previous computers when switching to Mac. They get their copy of Windows from via SeniorNet (maybe??).
They use a system named Faronics Insite, which allows them to switch the students' screens to shows what's on the teacher's screen (and back and forth).
Adelle sent me a separate email on this, which I will forward later.
They are located in the inside the Jewish Commuinity Center in Manhattan NY. The JCC supplies and maintains the computers, and also collects the course fees (I think she said).
SeniorNet teaches iPhoto using the Mac OS, and the JCC teaches a Photoshop class using the Mac OS. The rest of the time, the Macs are running Windows.
Some of their students are now buying Macs when they get a new computer, so they getting more demand for Mac classes.
Joan herself says she doesn't like Macs, even though her sister has one.
At 5:43 PM -0500 2/27/10, Joan Kushinoff wrote:
Jim - we are finding that more and more of our students are using MAC machines. and are trying to determine the kind of courses to offer.
We have offered a course for "students who know the PC and are now using a Mac" with some success
We are also thinking about offering some sort of basic course for the Mac, but are having a hard time determining the course content.
We use mac-mini which can run the MAC operating system as well as the PC operating system, so hardware is not the problem.
Hope this helps,
joan kushinoff
jcc seniornet
3. Their websites:
Greenwich: http://greenwichseniornet.community.officelive.com
Manhattan: at SeniorNetNY.org
Note they're using Microsoft Small Office Live for their website.
These are both great websites. There are probably some good ideas we could "borrow" from their websites.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Thanks. - James R. Ingram, land 322-7597,
| Williamsport Pa, MacBook Pro/OS 10.6
| Easy web pages at http://BilltownWeb.com
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
=-=- E-N-C-L-O-S-U-R-E A - - From CT S'net, via Charles Stone
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
At 3:25 PM -0500 2/23/10, Charles Stone wrote:
Enjoyed our talk yesterday-- it sounds like we are all facing similar enrollment deficiencies--
This is our website:
http://www.greenwichseniornet.community.officelive.com/.
This is the most recent handout:
Class handout for the Mac beginner class--It is my practice to correct, add and change my handouts after almost every class per thoughts and questions that arise as I go along. This one needs a bit of re-sequencing re the first part...Much of it is only an outline of the subjects we cover...
The Mac class outline is on
